Many risk factors for cancer-associated VTE have been identified, such as patient characteristics (history of VTE, obesity, immobilization), tumor characteristics (location, metastatic), anti-cancer treatments, blood cells (platelet, leukocyte, neutrophil extracellular traps), and hypercoagulable state (thrombin-antithrombin complexes, prothrombin fragment, factor VIII, D dimer, soluble P-selectin, Tissue Factor (TF), microparticles (MPs)). The gene discussed is SELP; the disease is cancer.